Service manual
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POSSIBLECAUSE
SOLUTION
TROUBLE SHOOTING
Openthewaterlineandmakesurewaterowstothebrewer.
Turn off brewer. Disconnect wires from water inlet coil terminals and
connectapowercordtotheterminals.Plugcordintoa110voutlet
andverifythatwaterowwhenpluggedinandstopswhencord
is disconnected. If valve does not respond to this test, replace the
valve.
When water in the heating tank is below the probe tip, yet water is
notrelling,pullthewireofftheprobeterminal.Ifwaterstartsow-
ingintothetank,ndground,cleanorreplacetheprobe.
Pull the wire from the probe terminal. With a volt meter, check the
voltageatthewaterinletcoilterminals.Thisshouldread110to
115volts.Ifnovoltageispresent,checkthewaterlevelcontrol
board. Make sure that the back of the board is grounded securely
tothemountingbracket.Checkforloosewireconnections.Replace
board.
1. Waterlineturnedoffor
ltercloggedup.
2. Waterinletvalvecoil
burned out.
3. Groundedprobe.
4. Defective or burned out
water level control board.
PROBLEM: WATER IN TANK DOES NOT GET HOT OR WATER TEMPERATURE TOO LOW
POSSIBLECAUSE
SOLUTION
8. Thermostat is off.
CheckthethermostattomakesureitisintheONposition.Turnthe
thermostat stem clockwise until it stops.
9. Burned out heating
element.
Checkelementforcontinuityand/orcheckwithclampammeter.This
shouldshowareadingofapproximately15amps.Ifnopowerisgo-
ing through element, replace it.
PROBLEM: WATER DOES NOT FLOW INTO HEATING TANK
POSSIBLECAUSE SOLUTION
Turn power off and observe the water level in the heating tank. If
watercontinuestoowin,cleanorreplacethevalve.
Pull wire off from probe terminal. Touch the water tank shell with
theterminalattheendofthiswire.Ifwaterstopsowing,cleanor
replace the probe.
If probe is okay, check the water level control board. The water level
controlboardmustbesecurelygrounded.Checkforlooseconnec-
tions.Checkforvoltageattheinletvalveterminals.Replaceboard.
5. Defectivewaterinlet
valve.
6. Probe limed up.
7. Loose or ungrounded
water level control board.
PROBLEM: WATER IN HEATING TANK OVERFLOWING
GEMINI120A